Brazil Returns in Force at Berlin
variety.comAnna Marie de la Fuente Brazil’s film industry hits Berlin with a new stride in its step, bringing 46 producers and 80-plus films and projects, according to promotional org Cinema do Brasil, led by chairman André Sturm and manager, Maria Marta.
It is also in the process of receiving part of Brazil’s Paulo Gustavo Law funding, which is pouring RS2.8 billion ($571.1 million) into Brazil’s audiovisual sector, from rich states such as São Paulo to small town video stores.
Meanwhile, Brazil’s box office is beginning to return to pre-COVID levels, as regional industries fire up in its Northeast and South.
At Berlin, São Paulo City film-TV agency Spcine, which has worked closely with Cinema do Brasil in recent years, is participating in a slew of activities, including AfroBerlin, aimed at bolstering Brazilian-African cooperation, the EFM’s Co-Production Market and Toolbox, a program focusing on diversity and inclusion, says Luiz Toledo, Spcine director of investments and strategic partnerships. “Betânia,” Marcelo Botta’s portrait of a Northern Brazil community, world premieres in Panorama; Juliana Rojas’s twin migration stories “Cidade; Campo” screen at Encounters. “We’re excited to be back at the Berlinale, after a two-year absence,” says Simone Oliveira, head of Globo Filmes which co-produces “Cidade; Campo,” while parent Globo is at Berlinale Series Market Selects with “Living on Razor’s Edge,” a TV series from streaming platform Globoplay.
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